Sunday, November 20, 2011

Water, water everywhere

Everyone's posts have been so delightfully turkey-ish that I feel silly about my water cycle! But that's what I had to teach last week in science. The kids had a LOT of background knowledge from the investigations we did about changes in states of matter, and from second and first grade.

So first, we did a graffiti gallery walk to activate background knowledge. I put four charts around the room with four different pictures, but no labels: a cloud with raindrops, arrows pointing towards a forming cloud, a water running down a hill into a lake, and a sun shining down on water with arrows pointing up. The kids moved in groups throughout the room, writing what they saw and knew about the pictures. They already knew a lot!

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I did cut the sheet of paper into a square and then I folded each corner into the middle. The template is also included in my Water, Water Everywhere Pack: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Water-Water-Everywhere-Water-Cycle-Weather-Pack-662744